The former Amazon executive installed as the new chairman of the competition watchdog is facing questions about whether he will recuse himself from a decision to investigate the tech giant...
Gurr is not the only captain of industry the government has ushered in. Clare Barclay, the-then CEO of Microsoft UK, was appointed chair of the government's new Industrial Strategy Advisory Council in October last year. The unit is said to offer the government expert advice in partnership with business, unions, and other groups from across the UK.
The British competition regulator tapped a top former Amazon executive as its new chair after accusations from Prime Minister Keir Starmer of stifling growth.
A senior former Amazon executive was appointed as the new chair of the British competition authority after Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused it of hindering growth. TakeAway Points: Marcus Bokkerink will be replaced as the Competition and Markets Authority’s interim chair by Doug Gurr,
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new interim chairman: former Amazon executive Doug Gurr (pictured above).
If the companies are found to have ‘strategic market status’ then they could face restrictions on egress fees and software licensing.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally concluded that the nation's cloud services market is not operating as competitively as it could, citing the dominant positions of Amazon (AMZN,
An independent inquiry report has told the UK’s competition watchdog to consider investigating AWS and Microsoft’s cloud services.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released its provisional findings for its cloud services market investigation.
The CMA has published the provisional findings from its long-running investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure services market, and is considering taking targeted action against AWS and Microsoft out of concern about the competitive impact their hold on the sector is having.
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